Tuning
One of the great things about a coil fork is its simplicity, especially regarding tuning constraints. The fork came with three coil springs, and the medium one came installed. I like a softer fork, and I was right towards the coil weight limit, so I swapped out the default medium one with the lighter spring. Outside of the spring weight, you can adjust the low and high speed compression and rebound. I left the rebound slightly fast, the high around default, and cranked the low speed a couple of clicks positive, to help with some rare slow speed diving. Otherwise, I have never done anything else again in regards with tuning, which is quite pleasant, and no fiddling with air!

Settings (middle is default):

Low Speed – 19 of 26

High Speed – 11 of 22

Rebound – 15 of 17

Sag – 35mm

Purple – 40 lb/in spring rate

I swapped out the coil spring from the default Blue one with a 45 lb/in spring rate, to the lower Purple 40 lb/in version, so that I could get some additional sag and plushness, and it worked perfect for my tastes and riding terrain. It was a simple changeover, and required you to undo the cap on the top left leg, pull out the old coil, drop in the new one, and reinstall the cap.

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Is the sag figure correct? 35mm of sag on a 160mm fork is 21%. That maybe was why it was riding high in its travel.

OTOH, if that figure is with the Purple spring, you weight 155 pounds and you only get 21% sag, then lighter riders may be out of luck with this fork. I weight 140 pounds, so even the purple spring would be too heavy for me, if your numbers are correct.